Theos-Talk Archives (March 2005 Message tt00085)

Some time ago Dallas made a comment in 
connection with karma that I've been 
turning over in my mind ever since. I 
don't remember the details about it, but
I tend to get the impression that there 
might be students of Theosophy who might 
tend to have a somewhat one-dimensional 
approach to the topic of karma: as if 
karma were something that could not be 
modified by karma. Case in point: 
There's an article in the "21st Century 
science and Technology" magazine (winter 
04-05 issue) about what the author calls 
"the cholesterol scam." Apparently drug 
companies are making pots of money 
selling statin drugs in order to reduce 
cholesterol levels (never mind the 
deadly side effects), while the science 
about cholesterol in relation to heart 
disease has long ago been shown to be 
faulty. Apparently most doctors and 
drug companies don't want to address the 
real culprit: a diet high in sugars and 
starches. So while thousands die each 
year from heart disease, I wonder if 
some of those people might be students 
of Theosophy who might think that their 
heart disease is unavoidable because 
it's karmic---not realizing that they 
could get better by cutting out sugars 
and starches. Seems that the monitoring 
of homocysteine levels in the blood 
(availble in standard blood tests) might 
be more to the point, in comparison to 
the cholesterol levels.

Also in that magazine there's an article 
about cold fusion that might interest 
some people on these lists. A quote 
from that article: << Skepticism, when 
carried to extreme, is as damaging as 
naive acceptance. At the present time, 
many people respect the skeptic for 
guarding the high ideals of science. In 
fact, skeptics frequently stop important 
progress, stifle originality, and turn 
creative people away from science 
altogether. Although many examples of 
this injury can be cited from the past, 
and especialy from the present time, 
this rejection of cold fusion is 
particularly egregious because of its 
vehement nature and the importance of 
the discovery.>>

Speculatively,
Mauri